Excellent tutorial-you never know what you will find in those packages! Anyone else completely distracted by that beautiful plant room in the background? What a treasure! I would just hang out in that room all the time!
Much needed info for those who do not know what to do with bare root perennials when bought in March. You have alleviated so much disappointment by teaching these important steps👍👍👍
Fortunately, I am quite knowledgeable about this: worked in the field, Master gardener, designer and painter and educator. Since I enjoy helping new gardeners, I appreciate all that you share so well👍
@@greatgardensforall My house and garage are in Greenville SC. The lowest outdoor temperature in the next 10 days is 29. That is below freezing but the garage will provide some protection.
Thank you for this!!! I am at the Jersey Shore, and love the zone specific support! I also love @Longwood Garden products. Family owned for generations right in our back yard! My go to for Dalhias
I can't resist those Longfield bags at Costco. 😂 They have them smack dap in your face the second you walk in that door. I bought 8 bags 3 weeks ago, then 7 more bags the next week. Then the week after that I forgot I ordered. $265 worth of bulbs from Longfields at Christmas time. Oops, and it came last weekend.😅 I'll tell you what, I'll never do that again unless it's a specialty item. You get twice as much at half the price from Costco. The only thing I got that Costco didn't have were special Asian Lillys and Dahlias. Everything else I ordered Costco had, and it was way cheaper, and they give you way more bulbs. I got like 12 blazing stars for $12. Costco has like 80 in the bag for the same price, so that's more than half. You get my point, tho.😊 I want to plant in my shaded areas, so I bought a lot of hostas, ferns, bleeding hearts, and so much I can't remember. I've I've never planted bare root before, but I figure it's similar to planting bulbs. I do know a lot of ppl who plant bulbs and bare root in pots to give them a head start. Especially Dahlias since many can take a long time to bloom. Thanks for sharing.
I just picked up a few bare root daylilies at Walmart that were so cheap, it was worth the risk that they wouldn't make it. They already had a fair amount of that bleached foliage. I potted them up and put them in a sunny window. They've put on lots of new, green growth and one has put out a flower spike! In March! I'll have to be careful about adjusting them back to outdoor temperatures because they're obviously totally confused about what season it is. 🌸
Oh this so darn helpful! Year after year I used to buy these and keep them in the garage waiting for May, then when I open them they would be dark and shriveled and I would think bare root right? Thats what its supposed to look like. Well success rate was barely 5-10%. Well this year however... After seeing this, I have potted them all ! Yayayay!
Thanks for this! I bought some bare root perennials a couple of weeks ago and i have them in a cold room in my basement but i never thought to check them for growth. I’ll check them now. Fingers crossed 🤞
Great timing! I just picked up 3 of those bare root perennials at Costco today. I'm going to open the bags right now and see if they have broken dormancy! Thanks for the great info.
Bought some daylilies at Costco last weekend, they had so much top growth on them already. I immediately potted them up, since here in our area Zone 5 we can't plant in the ground yet. AND I ordered Longfield bareroot plants months ago, they will get here in April I think. Last year I added Hostas and Bleeding Hearts that way. This year I ordered Helenium, Echinacea and Iris Siberica, so excited! I found, that online ordering is best for the specific things I want to try. Then some bonus plants from Costco later :)
If those are the "butterfly" variety daylilies from Costco, I got those a few years ago and they have done tremendously in my garden. They re-bloom all summer (I've had flowers until November in zone 7b) and the peachy-pink color is lovely.
Love your videos. So much great content and I always learn things. I've wondered about those plants in bags and may try some this year. I'm in a similar climate zone 7a, Maryland.
Thanks so much for this Yuliya, I purchased some hollyhocks weeks ago and placed them in a brown paper bag thinking the lack of sunlight will keep them until planting. Mercy, will have to rescue them now.
Living in a colder zone than 6b, WNY5b, I have an unheated garage for storing plants til an appropriate planting time. Even though I grow annuals & some perennials from seed, and buy plants I have no business buying on line bc my garden is full!, I just can’t resist buying those little bags full of promise when they appear here in March & early April. We’re supposed to get 5 to 8 inches of heavy snow this weekend so no planting out for weeks yet!
Great video Yulia! I'll probably run out and grab some packages soon to try this. - Do you also start dahlias in pots to have a jump on the growing season in your zone? I'm contemplating this for my zone 5 gardens this year. What are your thoughts? (My last frost date is about 5/15, but for dahlias I'd probably wait until Memorial Day to put them in ground.) - And which potting mix do you recommend please?
Love your videos. Could you explain more about dormancy? Do all plants go dormant? Do plants go dormant in warmer climates? What are the requirements of a plant while dormant? Etc...
Can you clarify about planting bare roots outside? If you have a few warm days and the ground isn’t frozen but freezing temps are in the forecast, do you go ahead and plant them in the ground? Should you protect them on those freezing nights or let them fend for themselves?
If freezing is in the forecast wait. If you already planted and freezing in the forecast cover extra with leaves. I also use plastic bins turned upside down as cloches for protection. These are hardy plants but they are a bit vulnerable now coming out of warm store storage and having tender new growth
I chuckled when I saw you on IG saying, oops! I bought 2 of those packages, and now think to add more.☺ Thank you for the help in handling them! Do you add fertizer when planting them in the garden?
Great video! Do you use a greenhouse or keep all your potted up plants indoors to start growing? I recently potted up my caladium bulbs and they're just hanging out in my dining room because it's too cold out and I don't have a greenhouse. Thank you!!
How much growth do you normally get the first year they’re in the ground and do you ever see blooms in the first year? I almost bought the liatris the other day but I didn’t know what I’d do with 90 of them!
Wow, 90 is a lot. I bought 10 last spring and put 7 in a 2-ft long window box planter, I think they were too crowded. One bloomed. Others planted as companions in larger pots had 1 bloom per plant. I left them out all Winter and will see how they come out in a few weeks. Beautiful flowers though.
I got liatris corms last year and planted them in clumps of about 8-10. They bloomed first year, but each corm only produced one bloom spike so they looked much better in a clump. I'll probably need to divide them in a few years, but that just means more plants to expand the garden or give away!
Great info Yuliya. When my bare root clematis starts growing (about 12"tall now) can I tip prune for a bushier plant? Venosa Violacea Clematis (group 2 prunning) Thanks
I don't have this one but my mom does and she prunes it every spring to about 1 foot off the ground. But I will make a video about this at some point because there are different ways to prune all of the groups
Thank you for this! I bought a bare root lilac and it’s growing despite being in a dark (but not totally light free) part of my basement. Could I pot it up in the same way? Or is there anything special to consider for a shrub?
It depends on how long before your weather stabilizes. If it’s any day now just plant outside - lilacs are extremely hardy but if you have harsh below freezing weather coming the new growth may suffer. In this case plant in a pot and place in a bright and cool location.
Also, your Lilac may not bloom for 1 or 2 years. My little 12" mail order Sensation Lilac planted just about 20 years ago didn't bloom until the 2nd year. Nowadays I'm renovating 1/3 of the huge thing each year. It's a beautiful purple with white picotee edges.
@@Emily-ub8we I've ALWAYS gone for cheaper and small. Even those small 2.5" plants ... Of course, back then I knew I had 30 or 40 years to watch them grow...😹😉
Hello Yulia! 👋 Quick question..I had amazing weather & workable soil for weeks so I planted two bleeding hearts. I'm now looking at a 19⁰ night & a bit of snow. In your experience, can they withstand that or should I go get more?
Sometimes mine bloom the same year, but it really depends on the quality of the bareroot. It’s totally worth the wait tho! These were $13 for 10 phlox, can’t beat that
Dear Yulia please please help get some of phlox like 3 bags please I can send you the money via cash up or let me know how, please in Texas we don't have Costco.
Great timing. I simply can’t pass up those bare roots at Costco but I haven’t treated them properly, hence poor luck. With your guidance, this year will be different! Thank you so much!!
